Car-brake



2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No Mdel.)

D. L. WINTBRS.

GAR BRAKE.

No. 561,845. Pai-,gundam 9, 1896.

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No. 561,845. Patented June 9, 1896.

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UNiTnn STATES PATENT FFICE,

DAVID LEON VINTERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TVO-FIFTIIS TO ROBERT F. LYTLE AND HERBERT J. MCGLUNG, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

CAR-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 581,845, dated June 9, 1896.

Application filed November l5, 1895. Serial No. 569,111. iNo model.)

To all whom it may concern,.- gaged by a friction-clutch 4, but the latter Beit known that I, DAVID LEON XVI'NTERS, may operate against the face of the Wheel, it' a citizen of the United States, residing` at Chipreferred. cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- The friction-clutch i, which may be varied 5 5 '5 nois, have invented a new and useful Oarin form and construction and may, if desir- Brake, of which the following is a specifical able, consist of a solid disk to bear directly tion. against the Wheel, is preferably circular and The invention relates to improvements in is connected by arms 5 with a drum G, and car-brakes. the latter is slidingly arranged on the axle 6o 1c The object of the present invention is to and is adapted to be moved longitudinally improve the construction of that class of carthereof to carry the friction-clutch into and brakes which are applied to motor-cars, more out of engagement with the car-wheel. The especially the construction shown and dedrum is connected by eyebolts with ends of scribed in Patent No. 532,621, granted nie chains S, which have their outer ends con- 65 I 5 January 15, 1895, and to enable the brake to nected with a brake-rod 9, and when the drum be readily applied from either end of a lnorotates with the axle in either direction by tor-car. reason of the friction-clutch beingin engage- A further object of the invention is to proment with the car-Wheel the chains Will be vide such a brake mechanism which, when Wound around the drum drawing on the brake- 7o 2o applied, will simultaneously apply the brakes rod and applying the brakes. The eyebolts, of trailers and be capable of being connected Which connect the chains to the drum, pass at either end of the motor-car with the brake through the arms 5 at points close to the drum. mechanism of the trailers. The brake-rod 9 is connected with the up- The invention consists in the construction per end of the lever 10 With one of a pair of 7 5 25 and novel combination and arrangement of brake-beams 11 and 12, which are provided parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated with brake-shoes 13, engaging the car-Wheels in the accompanying drawings, and pointed in the usual manner. The brake-beams are out in the claims hereto appended. connected by equalizing-rods 14 and are sus- In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of pended from the truck by hangers 15. So

3o a brake constructed in accordance with this The brake is applied from either end of the invention and shown applied to a motor-car car by brake-shafts (not shown) of the orditruck. Fig.2 is alongitud-inalsectional view nary construction, connected by chains 15 of the same on line a: a; of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a and 1G with connecting-rods 17 and 1S, havtransverse sectional view. Fig. et is a detail ing their inner ends secured to the outer ter- S5 3 5 View of the friction-clutch- Fig. 5 isadetail ininals oi" opposite arms of a transverselyview of the T-shaped brake-lever. Fig. G is disposed Teshaped brake-lever 19. The T- a detail view of the forked shifting bar. Figs. Shaped brake-lever 19 is iulcrumed at its cen- 7 and 8 are detail views of the fulcrums of ter on a bearing-bracket 20, and it has its centhe T-shaped lever and the forked shifter. tral arm 21 of less length than the side arms 9o 4o Like numerals of reference designate correand connected by a bar with an oscillating spending parts in all the figures of the drawor shifting bar 23. The ends of the bar 22 are ings. bifurcated. One end is adj ustably connected 1 designates a motor-ear truck which is dewith the arm 21 of the T-shaped brake-shaft, signed to have a motor mechanism centrally said arm being perforated to permit the ad- 95 45 mounted on it in the usual manner, and the justment of the bar 22 to vary the power ot truck and the motor mechanism may be of the brake mechanism, and the diameter of any desired construct-ion. the drum may also be varied in order to ob- One of the car-Wheels, preferably the Wheel tain the desired power for the application of 2, is provided with a friction ring oi'plate 8, the brake. The other arm of the bar 22 is slot- 10o o which may be formed integral with the carted at 24, and the bar 22 and the lever 2S have Wheel or be secured thereto, and which is en a limited movement independent of each other. A spring has one end secured to the inner edge of the oscillating or shifting bar 23, and its other end is free and engages the slotted end of the bar 22 and is arranged in the bifurcation thereof, whereby when the brake is applied the bar 22 irst engages a spring and yieldingly forces the frictionclutch in engagement with the car-wheel until the full power of the operating mechanism is felt. This spring maybe made of any desired strength to cause the friction-clutch to engage the car-wheel gradually and with increasing force, and it serves to cushion the parts and to prevent injury to them. The outer end of the oscillating or shifting bar 23-is pivoted to an eyebolt or bearing 26, and the inner end of the bar 23 is forked and is received in an annular groove of the d rum G, When the T-shaped lever is operated by either of the rods 17 or 1S, the drum will be reciprocated to carry the friction-clutch into en gagement with the car-wheel 2. The bearing bracket or arm 20, which fulcrums the lever 12, is preferably supported by a brace 27, having one end secured to the arm or bearing-bracket by the fuleruming pivot or bolt and its other end secured to the frame of the truck.

In order to enable the brake mechanism to be connected at either end of the motor-car with the brake mechanism of a trailer, a transverse lever 28 is centrally fnlcrumed on the bracket-arm 29, and has one end connected with the brake-rod 9 by a short rod 80, whereby when the brake-rod 9 is drawn in the direction of the drum the transverse lever 28 will be operated. The transverse lever 28 isconnected with the inner ends of rods 3l and 32, extending from the transverse lever 28 in opposite directions and preferably terminatin g in hooks to en able them tobe readily detachably connected with the brake-rod of a trailer by a chain or the like.

It will be seen that the brake is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is especially adapted for motor-cars, and ythat as soon as the friction-clutch is thrown in engagement with the car-wheel the brake will be automatically applied. It will also be apparent that the brake can be operated from either end of a motor-car and that it is adapted to operate the brake mechanism of a trailer when either end of the motor-car is coupled to the latter.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacriiicing any advantages of the invention.

What I claim isl. -In a car-brake, the combination of a drum designed to be slidingly mounted on an axle and provided with a clutch arranged to engage a car-wheel, a .longitudinally-disposed oscillating bar pivoted at its outer end and connected at its inner end with the drum, a transversely-disposed bar 22 slotted at one end and connected at that point with the oscillating bar, whereby the two parts have a limited movement independent of each other, a spring disposed longitudinally of the oscillating bar, secured at one end to the same and having its other end engaging the bar 22, and the lever connected with the latter, substantially as described.

2. In a car-brake, the combination of a l drum designed to be slidingly mounted on an axle and carrying a clutch for engaging acarwheel, a brake-rod, flexible connections between the brake -rod and the drum, a T- Shaped lever having its central arm connected with the drum and adapted to oscillate the same, and rods extending from the opposite arms of the T-shaped lever in opposite directions to the ends of the car and provided at their outer terminals with chains adapted to be connected with brake-shafts, .fherebythe brake may be applied from either end of a car, substantially as described.

3. In a car-brake, the combination of a drum designed to be slidingly mounted on an axle and provided with a clutch arranged to engage a ear-wheel, a longitudinally-disposed oscillating bar pivoted at its outer end and connected at its inner end with the drum, a transversely-.disposed bar 22 slotted at one end and connected at that point with the oscillating bar, whereby the two parts have a limited movement independent of each other, a spring disposed longitudinally of the oscillating bar, secured at one end to the same and having its other end engaging the bar 22, a brake-rod iiexibly connected with the drum, a transverse lever 28 fulerumed intermedia-te of its ends and connected at one end with the said brake-rod, and the rods 31 and 32 extending from the ends of the transverse lever 2S in opposite directions to the ends of the car to enable a motor-car to be connected at either end with the brake mechanism of a trailer, substantially as described.

i. In a car -.brake, the combination of a drum designed to be slidingly mounted on an axle and provided with a clutch arranged to engage a car-wheel, a longitudinally-disposed oscillating bar pivoted at its outer end and connected at its inner end with the drum, a transversely-disposed bar 22 slotted at one end and connected at that point with the oscillating bar, whereby the two parts have a limited movement independent of each other, a spring disposed longitudinally of the oscillating bar, secured at one end to the same and having itsother end engaging the bar 22, a T- shaped lever 19 centrally fulcrumed and having its central arm connected to the adjacent end of the bar 22, the other arms of .the T- shaped lever being disposed transversely of 'the car, the rods I7 and 18 extending in opposite directions from the outer ends of the T- shaped lever and provided at their outer terminals at the ends of the ear with chains adapted to bc connected with brake- IOO IIO

the drum or transverse lever 2S, fulerumed intermediate of its ends and connected with my own I have hereto afxed my signature in the brake-rod, and the rods 31 and 32 extendthe presence of two Witnesses. ing from the ends of the transverse lever 2S T to the ends of the @am to enable the same to DAVID LEON WIB TERS' 5 be connected with the brake mechanism of L Ntnessesz trailer, substantially as described. A. G. LYONS,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as C. A. GRAY, 

